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Description: | obverse design and text: see MED 117
reverse text: "GEFECHT BEI SOLDAU D.5.AUGUST 1914" (embossed in four lines on plain background) & "4" (very small embossed character at
upper left of piece)
German First World War medalet, number 4 in a series of over a hundred patriotic coin-sized pieces (also known as
'Victory pennies', designed to be worn on a watch chain) chronicling German naval and military successes of the first two years of the
First World War. The obverse bears the standard design for the series, a winged figure of Victory holding a flaming sword and victor's
laurel wreath crown together with an inscription 'GOTT SEGNETE UNSERE TAPFEREN HEERE' ('God hath blessed our valiant Armies'). The reverse
text commemorates German resistance to the Russian invasion of East Prussia and is translated as 'Engagement near Soldau on 5 August
1914'. | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Subjects: | Eastern Front & Russian Offensive 1914 & Soldau DE.A Battle near & 5/8/1914 commemorative First World War | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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